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Then, they discuss convergences with other figures that do qualify as variants of irony, such as sarcasm, antiphrasis, satire, and prolepsis ([5], [6]). Once the structural elements of irony have been analyzed, the authors compare irony with banter, which, despite some similarities, cannot be considered a case of irony. Re-adapted uses of irony arise from the evolution of basic uses of irony, which means that socio-cultural circumstances or literary periods do not give rise to different types of irony, but rather reshape the already existing ones. Scholars devoted to the study of irony have often been concerned with either verbal irony (cf. [1]; [10]) or situational irony ([3]; [2]), treating them as separate phenomena. [Extracted from the article]

Echoic mention was initially proposed as part of the relevance-theoretic approach to irony (Sperber & Wilson, 1986). The aim of this article is to present an account of echoing as a cognitive operation that goes beyond (and yet includes) the interpretation of ironic remarks. For this purpose, we explore the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the production and interpretation of echoic uses of both ironic and non-ironic language. In the light of the examples under scrutiny, we claim that echoic mentions afford metonymic access to the echoed scenario, which is then contrasted with the observable scenario. The relationship between the two scenarios, which ranges from identity to contrast, passing through type-token similarity and metaphorical resemblance, determines the communicative purpose of the speaker, which may convey different kind of attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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